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Dems Reportedly Angry That Progressives Are Pushing Them to Act Like an Opposition Party. (www.commondreams.org)
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House Democratic lawmakers reportedly used a closed-door meeting earlier this week to vent their frustrations with progressive advocacy groups that have been driving constituent calls and pressuring the party to act like a genuine opposition force in the face of the Trump administration's authoritarian assault on federal agencies and key programs.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I disagree, or perhaps it depends on how you look at it. If a small, vocal minority in an overall larger group begin to push policies/opinions consistently that are not shared by the overall larger group, you could argue the values of the small and larger group no longer completely align. If the smaller group continues even after being made aware those policies/opinions aren't going to fly, one could argue they are now separate groups. I suppose it depends on how far their values have grown apart from each other.

I'm not necessarily saying that is what is happening here, but it's no secret progressives aren't happy with the democratic party establishment. Starting your own party might be best.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    In politics we call those groups factions and 'vocal minorities' form the base of support.

    If you want to change policy in the USA then you need to either mobilise large numbers of people or large amounts of money and I'm surprised that the top comment is someone complaining about a political party being subject to democratic forces.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    It's not small. The Congressional Progressive Caucus is 95/215 House Democrats. It's half the damn party.

    If they left, the Democratic Party would collapse, so it's insane how senior Dem leaders treat them. Democratic leadership sucks at coalitions, though, or even listening to voter sentiment, so I don't expect them to learn anything from all their recent anti-progressive actions that have been blowing up in their faces.

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